The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In addition to employing qualified elementary, middle and high school music teachers, David Douglas offers inexpensive instrument rentals ($25 per year), a library of musical scores, connections to reduced-price or free private lessons and a closet of free marching band uniforms and orchestra dress blacks, among other necessities.

Elementary 101

Elementary Trends Survey Data 101

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

She is a 2015 Milken Unsung Hero Fellow and a 2015 NEA Foundation Global Fellow. Jenny Muñiz is a senior program associate with the Education Policy program at New America. She has 20 years’ experience in strategic communications, writing, and policy analysis, primarily in education. Kelisa honorably served in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

The state enforced strict policies to retain children who failed high stakes tests, ballooning the ranks of those who were held back. In 2015-16, more than one-third of all retained students were from grades K-3. Then in 2015, the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act, allowed states to measure success with more just than test scores.

Analysis 128

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

And it has everything to do with the policies of the states.”. Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. Claire Voorhees, national policy director, Foundation for Excellence in Education. But the state line does make a difference in the schools. “At

Personalized Learning 74

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 74

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

I said, ‘OK, I’ll try it, but it’s not going to work,’ ” recalled Lopes, who teaches at the William D’Abate Elementary School. About 8 percent of teachers leave the profession annually, and only half of those leaving retire, according to a 2017 report by the Learning Policy Institute, an education think tank. I love my students.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

With the ability to log into lessons online, students at the secondary level won’t have to miss instruction even if they’re suspended, says Superintendent L. During the 2015-16 school year, Black students in the district faced out-of-school suspension at 3.4 Oliver Robinson. Ali, co-author of a report on the tech gap.

Learning 144

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools. SNHU’s model has taken off in a major way.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Policies Assessment 40

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 24, 2016

.” The groups believe that SEL is most effective when introduced via direct instruction in the early years, and when embedded through schools’ core curricula in the elementary and secondary years. Follow @BenjaminBHerold for the latest news on ed-tech policies, practices, and trends.

Report 40

Report Learning Trends Survey 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

President Bush promotes his “No Child Left Behind” education agenda during a visit to Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., Indeed, the new education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, has been positioned as a significant upgrade in both policy and practice. Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J.

Education 40

Education Policies Learning Report 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

About one in six 16- to 24-year-olds are neither working nor in school, according to Tulane University’s Cowen Institute, which in 2015 calculated the city’s rate of opportunity youth at 18 percent, one of the highest in the nation. Related: Held back, but not helped. Related: A little girl’s school helps her deal with trauma at home.

Dropout 58

Dropout Policies Report System 58

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which Congress reauthorized in 2015 as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), is the federal government’s largest commitment to K-12 education.

EdTech 60

EdTech Secondary Technology Examples 60

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

It’s not as if the principal had particular tasks taken away from their role,” said Ellen Goldring, professor of education policy and leadership at Vanderbilt University. A group of secondary network superintendents debrief after a visit to a classroom at a middle school in Oakland. These new tasks were added. Photo: Jackie Mader.

Training 76

Training How To Survey Academic Standards 76

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

As rain poured outside on the chilly evening of February 24, a group of Arlington elementary school parents was imagining a sunnier place — Dorothy’s trip down the yellow brick road. The PAARC tests, used in states such as Illinois and New Jersey since 2015, were supposed to be even better. ARLINGTON, Mass.—As AP Photo/Lisa Poole).

Common Core 40

Common Core Assessment Report Groups 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

By 2015, the number of Spanish-speakers grew too large to be handled by one teacher, and the school hired specialists in teaching English as a Second Language. Those policies could violate Plyler, some education advocates say, or create school climates in which some students feel unwelcome. citizens or not. You can do it.

Report 111

Report Policies Secondary System 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Her two youngest, both attending Vancouver’s Washington Elementary School, had struggled with remote learning and still lagged their peers in basic math and reading. That would add millions of families with no additional funding,” said Steve Berg, the group’s vice president for programs and policy. “It

Elementary 128

Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 128

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Even students with cognitive delays may be able to attend modified post-secondary programs if given adequate preparation and encouragement in school. Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school. But too often, schools aren’t providing students with the appropriate help.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. s long history of segregation and racist policies.

Data 145

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Policy recommendations Despite strong evidence pointing to the effectiveness of high-dosage tutoring, logistical challenges have prevented many schools from providing this valuable service to their students. Cardona, “Key Policy Letters Signed by the Education Secretary or Deputy Secretary,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel A.

Survey 103

Survey Data Report Assessment 103

edWeb.net

MAY 27, 2021

To help with this work, there is also an Educational Justice Assessment and Transformation Tool, which can help educators evaluate and improve key aspects of a district plan, such as relationships and climate, student behavior and discipline, policies and procedures, and teaching and learning. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

Professional Learning 67

Professional Learning Elementary Policies Assessment 67

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The Kids Discover online platform lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners at three different lexiles. And they also have an influence when it comes to meeting with legislators and other individuals that make policies. So they have to see their connection to that.

Meeting 166

Meeting Secondary Groups Course 166

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2018

However, the latest data from the federal government, covering the 2014-15 school year, still shows an advantage to the wealthy across the nation’s public elementary, middle and high schools. Source data: NCES, Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2014–15 , Table 7).

Report 90

Report Comparison Elementary Data 90

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 7, 2022

Prior to his appointment, Greg was the Capitol Bureau Chief for the San Francisco Chronicle where he covered politics and policy at the State Capitol for nearly 20 years. Greg Lucas California State Librarian Greg Lucas was appointed California’s 25th State Librarian by Governor Jerry Brown on March 25, 2014.

Conference 80

Conference Libraries Learning Trends 80

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. It is a massive innovative market with supportive government policies and strong market demand. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 23, 2022

Prior to his appointment, Greg was the Capitol Bureau Chief for the San Francisco Chronicle where he covered politics and policy at the State Capitol for nearly 20 years. Greg Lucas California State Librarian Greg Lucas was appointed California’s 25th State Librarian by Governor Jerry Brown on March 25, 2014.

Conference 45

Conference Libraries Learning Training 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2022

Prior to his appointment, Greg was the Capitol Bureau Chief for the San Francisco Chronicle where he covered politics and policy at the State Capitol for nearly 20 years. Greg Lucas California State Librarian Greg Lucas was appointed California’s 25th State Librarian by Governor Jerry Brown on March 25, 2014.

Conference 45

Conference Libraries Learning Training 45

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

It can be useful for education policy purposes to think about giftedness as it relates to the rest of the special education spectrum. As it happens, federal education policy is currently being reconfigured around some version of that idea. ” Copyright 2015 NPR. Things like: “Has a vivid imagination.”

Outcomes 28

Outcomes Policies Secondary Resources 28

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2018

The 2008 recession may seem like a long time ago, hitting before Barack Obama began his presidency, but public elementary, middle and high schools around the country are still feeling the pinch from it. National Center for Education Statistics, Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2014–15.

Elementary 106

Elementary Report Policies Secondary 106

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

We still have not realized the guarantee to an equal education promised more than 50 years ago by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. We didn’t hear much in the way of education policy from either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton along the campaign trail. Rita’s Catholic School in New Orleans, Monday, Aug.

Accessibility 87

Accessibility Secondary Education Broadband 87

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

David Hawkins, executive director for education content and policy for the National Association for College Admissions Counseling. Closing that gap and getting kids to continue their training after high school is especially important here: 74 percent of jobs will require post-secondary education by 2020. Why are women locked out?

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

About 7,500 private elementary, middle and high schools are currently under contract. Nearly 12 percent of the total federal budget for elementary, middle and high schools goes to private schools. On the 2015 PISA science results , France’s public-school students scored 20 points lower than those in private school.

Elementary 103

Elementary System Policies Report 103

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

But this particular meaning isn’t completely lost to us; in its contemporary usage in education policy, “accountability” certainly demands a calculation as well, one derived primarily from standardized test scores. A Brief History of Accountability. Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit.

Education 51

Education Data Policies Secondary 51

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2019

In 2016, Rabalais, a well-connected, self-described charter school proponent, had learned that the Gentilly Terrace Elementary School would be closing its doors at the end of the school year — making the campus a blank canvas for a new kind of school. Gentilly is one of the few neighborhoods without an A-rated public elementary school.

Elementary 85

Elementary Meeting Groups Report 85

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2017

million high school seniors nationwide prepare to enroll in college or other postsecondary programs next fall, the country’s educational system is bracing for fundamental policy changes from the Trump administration and Congress. As the majority of the estimated 3.5

Policies 40

Policies Secondary Examples Resources 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

Barton Swaim has pointed out that the phrase pacified foreign-policy hawks and doves, each of whom focused on one wing of the maxim, not realizing that trust supersedes verification, and vice versa. Translated from the original Russian, Reagan’s use of the phrase annoyed Mikhail Gorbachev, but it didn’t really represent a policy strategy.

Policies 40

Policies Exercises Report Outcomes 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

In 1965, Oregon received a federal grant to expand the program under the first Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which allocates federal funding to schools for categories ranging from teacher education to supplementing local schools serving low-income students to innovative school programs. It’s the chance of a lifetime.”.

Report 40

Report System Secondary Study 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2016

In 1965, Oregon received a federal grant to expand the program under the first Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which allocates federal funding to schools for categories ranging from teacher education to supplementing local schools serving low-income students to innovative school programs. It’s the chance of a lifetime.”.

Report 40

Report System Secondary Study 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Ozelle Stephen, Rev/Director of Education, Miridians Elementary School, Centre of Enabling Support Foundation, Uganda Access to Quality education Opportunities, Good Health + Well-being for all. TESOL Instructor and Practicum Supervisor at Touro College, Founder and Managing Director at Virtual Exchange 4 Change | Cristina Zaccarini, Ph.D.,

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72